I am happy to announce that this year at Anime Boston 2017, we have a wonderful NEW cosplay game. Cosplay Lip Sync battle!

16 cosplayers compete against each other in one-on-one lip sync rounds until a single winner is chosen by audience applause & enthusiasm. Do you have what it takes to make the crowd go crazy? Come live your vocal idol dreams without having to sing a note!

Here are a few things to keep in mind while applying!

We encourage the use of well known songs.

Use songs that would make sense to your character.

A reminder: Anime Boston is an anime convention that is part of the New England Anime Society (NEAS). As such, we can only accept applications from characters that originally hail from a japanese created media. That means we cannot accept anything from Batman, Stephen Universe, Avatar, Overwatch, etc. This is not my rule, but it is a very important rule that has consequences for the convention itself if I break it. I will not bend on this one thing.

Hey, so my friend and I thought about entering together as a pair. I wasn't sure if that was possible since it said "1 vs 1" but we do have a really awesome list of songs that would be funny and entertaining. Just figured I'd ask. Hope to hear back soon so we can get our application in! Thanks!

Hey, so my friend and I thought about entering together as a pair. I wasn't sure if that was possible since it said "1 vs 1" but we do have a really awesome list of songs that would be funny and entertaining. Just figured I'd ask. Hope to hear back soon so we can get our application in! Thanks!

Unfortunately, I have no straight answer to this right now. I am not apposed to the idea. As applications are coming to a close on the 28th, I would not hurt for you two to apply and mention that you guys would like to be paired up "if possible." Please do keep in mind that it may not happen.

Having gone to the Lip Sync Battle today, I really enjoyed it, except for one small issue I had. The Kakashi contestant. They did a good job, but I felt it was a little unfair to have a character without their mouth showing doing a battle where lip movement is the name of the game. I'd love for this game to come back next year, but I'm wondering if maybe there should be a rule against characters who's mouth's aren't visible.

I feel people when they say my mouth wasn't visable, but I knew all the songs and could lip sync to them if I had my mask off. Since the games are over I will mention the reason I was chosen to participate was because I had a mask. It made the routine comedic. I'm glad I got to participate, and though I may have my anti-fans, I am still very happy I made it to the end. I also want to shout out to the 3 people sitting behind my mother and friend. They were screaming at the top of their lungs. Thanks guys!

I was Haruhi for the battle and it was one of the most fun times I've had in my life. I'm hoping that we'll be able to see some video of the battle at some point, since I want to show all my friends I had a blast and I encourage everyone to apply next year.

We are hoping this will be a Saturday event. Unfortunately, as for the actual schedule, we will not know what time or day it will actually fall on until the schedule has been posted live!

Regardless, we hope that people will apply anyways just incase.

Agh what sucks about that is I plan my cosplays around photoshoots, groups, etc for certain days and it's hard to apply for cos games when I don't know what day they're on... can we apply with multiple costumes and choose later (if we get in)? or when we apply will they tell us which costume gets in (again if any)? Last time I did the cosplay games was 2016 and idk if stuff changed... also can we drop out if we need to once we find out we're accepted (if we are)? I know it's an inconvenience but they waitlist people if I remember correctly.

We are hoping this will be a Saturday event. Unfortunately, as for the actual schedule, we will not know what time or day it will actually fall on until the schedule has been posted live!

Regardless, we hope that people will apply anyways just incase.

Agh what sucks about that is I plan my cosplays around photoshoots, groups, etc for certain days and it's hard to apply for cos games when I don't know what day they're on... can we apply with multiple costumes and choose later (if we get in)? or when we apply will they tell us which costume gets in (again if any)? Last time I did the cosplay games was 2016 and idk if stuff changed... also can we drop out if we need to once we find out we're accepted (if we are)? I know it's an inconvenience but they waitlist people if I remember correctly.

Each Cosplay Game application allows you to apply with up to 3 costumes. Our coordinators will select the costumes that they feel work best for their events and they will let you know which costume was selected. If you have a conflict and request to switch the selected costume, it is at the discretion of the coordinator whether to accept the change. Most of our events require characters from certain series/backgrounds/genres, so swaps aren't always possible.

And to your point, if you can no longer participate in the event, you can drop out - no worries! Coordinators do have a wait list of back-up cosplayers ready just in case!